Chronology

A Chronology of events in the history of the LDS Church in New York City

1/1/1835 12/31/1839 David Rogers publishes Hymnal for the Church 7/1/1836 7/31/1836 Joseph Smith visits New York City 1/1/1837 12/31/1837 PP Pratt presides over Eastern States Mission 7/15/1837 7/31/1837 Parley P. Pratt arrives in New York City to preside over Church 8/1/1837 12/31/1837 Meetings held in upper room on Goerck Street 9/1/1837 9/30/1837 PPPratt publishes "A Voice of Warning" 1/1/1838 12/31/1838 Two early anti-mormon books are published. 1/1/1839 12/31/1839 George A. Smith holds public meetings to get passage to England 5/6/1839 5/6/1839 John P. Greene called to preside over saints in NYC & region. 8/8/1839 8/8/1839 Wilford Woodruff leaves home for New York City en route to England 11/8/1839 11/8/1839 Wilford Woodruff arrives in New York City, preparing to go to England 11/8/1839 12/19/1839 Wilford Woodruff in New York City preparing to go to England 12/1/1839 12/31/1839 Brigham Young & George A. Smith get to New York City 12/19/1839 12/19/1839 Wilford Woodruff leaves New York for Liverpool England 2/1/1840 2/28/1840 Brigham Young and George A. Smith preach in New York City. 7/20/1840 7/20/1840 First group of LDS Emigrants arrive from England on the Brittannia 10/17/1840 10/17/1840 New York City members represented at a Conference in Philadelphia. 11/1/1840 11/30/1840 Orson Hyde presides over a conference in New York City. 4/3/1841 Letter from Anthon to Coit regarding visit of Martin Harris to Anthon in NYC 4/6/1841 4/6/1841 Mission Conference in Pennsylvania, NYC represented 5/20/1841 5/20/1841 Wilford Woodruff Returns to New York from England with some of the Twelve 8/1/1843 8/31/1843 Quorum of the Twelve hold their quorum meeting in New York City 1/1/1844 1/1/1844 PPPratt publishes "A Dialogue between Joseph Smith and the Devil" in the New York Herald. 1/1/1844 12/31/1844 Brannan publishes in The Prophet a seven-line transcript of BOM characters 1/1/1844 12/31/1845 William Smith publishes The Prophet, a newspaper 8/28/1844 8/28/1844 Wilford Woodruff leaves Nauvoo for Europe via New York City 12/8/1844 12/8/1844 Wilford Woodruff leaves New York for Liverpool to preside over European Mission 1/1/1845 12/31/1845 PPPratt publishes a newspaper, The New York Messenger 1/1/1845 12/31/1845 Parley P. Pratt writes to the Twelve in Nauvoo discouraged because only 50 attending meetings in New York City. 1/1/1845 12/31/1865 Pratt publishes first 'Mormon' Almanacs 4/6/1845 4/6/1845 Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (April 6, 1845) 2/4/1846 2/4/1846 Brooklyn sails from New York for California 3/6/1846 3/6/1846 Wilford Woodruff arrives in New York from Liverpool, returning from European Mission 9/5/1846 9/5/1846 Lines John Taylor wrote in the album of Abby Jane Hart 6/21/1848 6/21/1848 Wilford Woodruff leaves Winter Quarters for mission to gather the eastern Saints 4/9/1850 4/9/1850 Wilford Woodruff leaves New York with company of Eastern Saints for west 1/1/1851 12/31/1851 Bernhisel selecting the Utah Library in New York City. 1/1/1854 12/31/1857 John Taylor presides over Eastern States Mission 2/17/1855 5/30/1857 John Taylor publishes The Mormon, a weekly newspaper 6/27/1855 John Taylor appointed to New York City to publish a newspaper there 12/10/1856 12/10/1856 John Taylor is publishing The Mormon in New York City 12/31/1857 12/31/1857 John Taylor and all Missionaries recalled because of JohnstonÕs Army 1/1/1860 1/1/1868 12/31/1869 Pratt publishes 1st, 2nd & 3rd school readers in Deseret Alphabet 1/1/1869 12/31/1869 Orson Pratt Publishes edition of Book of Mormon in Deseret Alphabet 1/1/1873 12/31/1873 Orson Hyde writes letter to Editor of New York Sun 1/1/1877 9/30/1877 JFSmith & Orson Pratt return home from England via New York following death of BYoung 1/1/1880 12/31/1889 Richard W. Young attends law school at Columbia 1/1/1883 12/31/1883 On 1st trip to New York, Heber J. Grant meets a Mr. Pulsipher 7/23/1885 7/31/1885 Heber J. Grant sees Richard W. Young at head of parade for funeral of ex-Pres. U. S. Grant 1/1/1889 1/31/1893 New York City part of Northern States Mission 1/1/1890 1/1/1890 New York Conference was organized by 1890 1/1/1890 12/31/1899 Orestes U. Bean's play Corianton is performed in New York City 1/1/1891 12/31/1891 HJG attempts to obtain financing for Sugar Beet Industry 1/1/1893 1/31/1893 Job Pingree set apart to reopen work in New York City 1/1/1893 12/31/1893 HJGrant comes to NYCity to broker loans for the Church during panic of 1893 1/1/1894 12/31/1894 Regular meetings were being held at 50 Concord Street, Brooklyn 1/1/1897 12/31/1897 Pensylvania, Maryland & southern West Virginia transfered from Northern States Mission 5/6/1900 5/6/1900 Relief Society organized in Brooklyn. 12/31/1900 12/31/1900 Conferences in Eastern States Mission included New York City and Brooklyn 1/1/02 4/30/05 New York Herald story about reliable information about Mormons 4/1/02 4/1/02 John Henry Smith visits New York 9/17/02 9/17/02 Ben E. Rich refers to some crime in NYC that reflected badly on the Church! 5/20/03 Mayor Low of New York withdraws permits to preach in the streets 4/1/04 4/1/04 McQuarrie speaks in conference 1/1/05 12/31/05 Brooklyn Branch organized with a Missionary as Branch President. 4/1/05 4/1/05 John G. McQuarrie speaks in conference 1/1/06 12/31/06 Translation of BOM into Turkish under direction of Elder F. F. Hintze 1/1/07 10/31/07 McQuarrie speaks of a company in NYC that wants to develop Nauvoo area 10/1/08 10/31/08 McQuarrie speaks in conference - reference to 1902 incident 11/1/08 11/30/08 MIA organized in Brooklyn 1/1/09 12/31/32 James S. Knecht serves as Branch President of the Brooklyn Branch. 10/4/09 Americana magazine publishes Comprehensive History of the Church in serial 10/1/11 10/31/11 John W. Young telegram read at conference 1/1/12 12/31/12 Conference of Eastern States Mission Conference Presidents attended by Heber J. Grant 10/1/12 10/1/12 Rich praises two Eastern States Mission Elders in conference 1/1/14 12/31/14 Sunday School organized in the Brooklyn Branch 10/1/14 10/31/14 Orson F. Whitney speaks of a friend in NYC 1/29/16 First Presidency commends the book "The Case Against Mormonism" 7/5/16 7/5/16 Property purchased for Mission Home and for Chapel in Brooklyn. 1/1/17 12/31/17 Mission Home Built 1/1/18 12/31/18 Brooklyn Chapel Built. 2/1/19 2/28/19 Primary organized in Brooklyn 2/16/19 2/16/19 Brooklyn Chapel dedicated by Reed Smoot 9/1/19 9/1/19 Stephen L. Richards visits NYC in Sept 1919 1/1/21 12/31/21 Fred W. Shibley, representing NY Banks, visits Heber J. Grant regarding Sugar Co. 1/1/21 4/1/22 HJGrant speaks in conference about obtaining financing for Sugar Beet Industry 1/1/22 12/31/27 B. H. Roberts wrote pamphlets directed at Jews. 3/1/22 3/31/22 McCune describes hearing a radio for the first time in the home of a NYC member 2/11/24 2/11/24 John W. Young dies in New York City 11/14/25 11/14/25 1st Missionaries sail for South America 1/1/31 12/31/31 Bay Ridge Brooklyn Branch organized. 1/1/32 11/27/32 New York District Organized 8/24/32 8/24/32 Robert D. Hales born in NYC 11/17/32 11/17/32 New York District MIA performs ÒChurch of the AirÓ on CBS radio network. 12/9/34 12/9/34 New York, New York Stake Organized 12/9/34 12/9/34 Brooklyn Ward Organized. 1/1/46 12/31/46 Centennial of the Sailing of the Brooklyn observed. 1/1/48 12/31/48 Brooklyn Ward becomes Brooklyn Branch 1/1/50 12/31/50 Bay Ridge Branch dissolved and merged with Brooklyn Branch. 1/1/52 12/31/52 New York Stake Welfare Farm purchased. 2/23/57 2/23/57 Spencer W. Kimball speakes in Stake Conference. 11/5/58 11/5/58 Tabernacle Choir performs at Carnegie Hall 1/1/59 12/31/59 New York City Jewish Mission disbanded 1/1/61 12/31/61 Missionaries re-enter Brooklyn. 1/1/62 12/31/62 Brooklyn Chapel and Mission Home on Gates Ave. sold. 4/22/64 10/17/65 ÒManÕs Search for HappinessÓ premiers at WorldÕs Fair 6/1/64 6/30/64 Building at 1218 Glenwood Road purchased. 1/1/65 12/31/65 Brooklyn Spanish Branch formed. 1/1/65 12/31/65 Brooklyn Spanish Branch merged into Spanish American Branch in Manhattan. 1/31/65 1/31/65 Staten Island members moved from Short Hills Ward to Brooklyn Branch 8/20/67 8/20/67 Brooklyn Chapel dedicated by Elder ElRay L. Christiansen 1/1/72 12/31/72 Spanish Group formed in Brooklyn 10/1/72 10/31/72 Brooklyn Branch becomes Brooklyn Ward. Staten Island becomes an independent Branch. 1/1/75 12/31/75 New York Stake Center dedicated by Pres. Kimball 4/30/78 4/30/78 Yorktown, New York Stake formed, leaving New York Stake entirely in New York City. 4/30/78 4/30/78 Brooklyn Spanish Branch Created. 4/1/79 4/30/79 Pres. Kimball tells NYC to teach gospel in Spanish, Chinese, Polish, Greek and Russian. 6/1/79 6/30/79 Chinese and Korean Branches formed. 6/17/84 6/17/84 Brooklyn 2nd Ward created from Brooklyn Spanish Branch 11/17/85 11/17/85 New York, New York East Stake Organized 5/19/91 5/19/91 New York, New York East Stake disbanded|

Beginning Date | Ending Date | Event|
2/28/1828 | Martin Harris takes characters from plates to Charles Anthon|
1/1/1830 Martin Harris returns to present the Book of Mormon to Charles Anton, who refuses it.|
12/31/1832 Campbell's Delusions published in NYC|
12/31/1832 Joseph Smith & Bishop Whitney visit New York to purchase goods for store|
9/23/1832 | Revelation that Bishop Whitney should go to New York City to preach gospel|
8/31/1833 | Chandler recieves and examines 11 mummies from Egypt & discovers Bof Abraham papyrus|
| Letter from Anthon to Howe regarding Martin Harris visit to Anthon in NYC|